UMSL golfers Leo Baudry (left) and Emmy Wahl led their respective teams as they advanced out of regional competition to reach the NCAA Division II Golf Championships. Baudry paced the men’s team when he placed third individually in the NCAA Division II Midwest/Central Regional. Wahl led the women’s team by finishing tied for 15th at the NCAA Division II East Regional. (Photos courtesy of UMSL Athletics)
Men’s Golf
The University of Missouri–St. Louis men’s golf team qualified for the NCAA Division II Championship for the 13th time in program history after placing second at the NCAA Central/Midwest Regional, which concluded Saturday at St. Joseph Country Club in St. Joseph, Missouri. The Tritons posted a combined score of 862 during the 54-hole tournament. They improved each day, climbing from a tie for eighth after the opening round to a tie for fifth after two rounds and finally to second after the final round. They trailed regional champ Central Oklahoma by 15 strokes in the 20-team tournament. Leo Baudry led UMSL with a 54-hole score of 209, good for third individually. Logan Mayo tied for 17th with a total of 215, Dani Solavera tied for 27th at 219, Benjamin Berger tied for 56th with a score of 223, and Trigg Lindahl posted a total of 225 to tie for 72nd. Washburn’s Marco Anderson was the individual medalist with a score of 207. In addition to Central Oklahoma and UMSL, Missouri S&T and Central Missouri also punched tickets to the NCAA Championships by placing third and fourth, respectively. The Tritons will be making their seventh championship appearance under Coach Troy Halterman. The NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championship will be played May 19-23 at PGA National in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Women’s Golf
The 19th-ranked Tritons claimed a spot in the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Championship for the sixth time in program history after finishing in fifth place in an 18-team field at the NCAA Division II East Regional held last Monday-Wednesday at The Meadows Golf Course in Allendale, Michigan. UMSL finished with a combined score of 929 and will move onto the national championship tournament along with regional champion Grand Valley State, Findlay, Ferris State and Indianapolis. Emmy Wahl led the Tritons with a 54-hole score of 227 to tie for 15th on the individual leaderboard. Wilma Zanderau was five shots back in a tie for 20th. Mayan Covarrubias tied for 35th with a total of 237, and Hillary Currier tied for 54th at 242. Brooke Inchiostro and Juliette Lecomte also contributed to the team success. Findlay’s Ashleigh Duflo claimed medalist honors with a final score of 216 (71-71-74) to finish at even par for the tournament. The Division II Championship will be held May 13-17 at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada.
Baseball
UMSL’s season came to an end Saturday with a pair of losses to Missouri S&T in the semifinals of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament at Mtn Dew Park in Marion, Illinois. The Tritons lost the first game against the Miners 6-4 in 12 innings as Will Beckham delivered a bases-loaded infield single, and Garrett Meyer followed with a sacrifice fly. UMSL had a chance to walk the game off an inning earlier, but a flyout to left ended the threat. The Tritons lost the second game to Missouri S&T 8-1. Mitch Bonczkowski homered for UMSL’s only run after also hitting a home run in the first game. The Tritons played their way to the tournament semifinals as the No. 8 seed after knocking off top-seeded Lewis and fifth-seeded Indianapolis in their first two games. UMSL beat the Flyers 8-7 in 10 innings in Wednesday’s opener as pinch hitter Logan McIntyre delivered a two-run double to drive home Noah Tomaras with the go-ahead run. The Tritons rallied from a 7-2 deficit on Friday against UIndy, scoring three in the seventh, three in the eighth and two in the ninth. Braedon Stoakes and Dane Stevenson each had four hits in the victory, and Stoakes drove in one run during the late-inning rally and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the eighth. UMSL ended its season with a record of 29-24.
